Valued at a market cap of $101.8 billion, The Southern Company (SO) is a utility company that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects. It is expected to announce its fiscal Q2 earnings for 2025 before the market opens on Thursday, Jul. 31.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect this utility giant to report a profit of $0.99 per share, down 9.2% from $1.09 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has topped Wall Street’s earnings estimates in three of the last four quarters, while missing on another occasion. In Q1, SO’s EPS of $1.23 outpaced the forecasted figure by 2.5%.
